Would like to get some opinions/guesses/facts regarding the ability of the newer socket 1156 vs. 1366 in 3D/CAD applications, more specifically the cpu's mentioned in the title.

In a system where gaming is absolutely not going to take place, where do these CPU's stand? What are the "golden standard" benches for 3D/CAD computers/workstations? My intuition and research points me to Cinebench and 3DS Max "renders".

Power == Faster; Fast == i7 920; Fast =! i5 750; Power =! Cheap(er);

I've seen some preliminary results that show the i5 750 and i7 920 dang near neck and neck (when they are clock for clock) in Cinebench r10. This is very troublesome for me due to my perceived algorithm above.

Please correct me where I'm wrong;

If the system is solely "rendering" with no other applications running; Is there a theoretical difference between the i7 860 and i7 920? Given that they are both clock for clock @ say 4ghz. Now throw in the i5 750 @ the same clock.

What kind of results are we expecting to see?

Thanks!